Mplus VERSION 8.10
MUTHEN & MUTHEN
08/06/2025  10:20 PM

INPUT INSTRUCTIONS


  ! KRAUSE & LEWIS "AGENCY PERFORMANCE" PROJECT (AUGUST 6, 2025)



  ! EXAMINING THE DIMENSIONALITY OF VARIOUS PERFORMANCE RATING VARIABLES AS LATENT CONCEPTS
  ! USING BAYESIAN EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS [BEFA]





  ! BEFA # 1B: ANALYZE "OVERALL PERFORMANCE" DIMENSION WITH TWO FACTORS



  ! NOTE: 3 FACTOR SOLUTION DID NOT CONVERGE [SEE BEFA1_08-03-25.M1.OUT]





  ! ADOPT FULL AGENCY AVERAGES ["g_"} &

  ! AGENCY EMPLOYMENT ADJUSTED COUNT DATA FOR OBJECTIVE MEASURES ["r_"] WHEN APPROPRIATE

  ! 16 OVERALL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS









  ! Read in the database in Mplus format (i.e., *.dat) - FREE FORMAT



  TITLE: BEFA #1B: BASELINE F1 DIMENSION MODEL: ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (08/06/2025)



  DATA: FILE IS C:\Users\gk57526\Dropbox\AP_Mplus\Mplus Data\kl_mplus_data_080625.dat;




  ! NOTE 4: Do Not Need Data Format Command (FORMAT) Since I Am Using "FREE" Format


  ! NOTE 5: Had to Create New Folders Due to 90 Character Limitation per command line




  ! List all variables appearing in the database (8 characters or less): 103 Variables



  VARIABLE: NAMES ARE okcoderev okcode okcodep year eop cabinet bureau indadmin cfoact
            divided partch tyear t1 t2 t3 t4 lnemp subcom agenemp cprogr rcprogr bprogr
            wacprogr csaprogr rcsaprog bsaprogr wagaosa cnbprep rcnbprep wanbprep ccanrb
            rccanrb rccanrbsc bcanrb wacanrb cinna rcinna binna wainna ccarb rccarb bcarb
            wacarb cqstep rcqstep waqstep cnom rcnom bnom wanom relpart relsec1 relsec2
            relsec3 relsec4 totpart sec1 sec2 sec3 sec4 depart newbie oldhat numexpdp
            pctturn pctrnnew trnnwnw pctrexp trexex pctrold metpct notpct squalwg nqualwg
            gqualwg gqualco gqlwgco gsatsupm gsatabom scomp ncomp gcomp smiss nmiss gmiss
            shqualps nhqualps ghqualps coremiss bptwi efflead bptwin gsaacq gsafm gsahc
            gsait gsasyacq gsaparac gsasysfm gsaparfm gsasyshc gsaparhc gsasysit gsaparit
            acsscore;






  ! BEFA # 1B: ASSESS TWO SUB-DIMENSIONS OF F1 DIMENSION


  ! Select Variables Used to Perform BEFA on "OVERALL PERFORMANCE" Latent Concept
  ! NOTE: All Rating Indicators Below are Continuous Measures [16 Variables]



  USEVARIABLES = gmiss gqualwg gqualco gcomp bptwi bptwin gsatsupm gsatabom efflead
                 gsaacq gsafm gsahc gsait pctturn sec2 sec3;

     MISSING = .;


  AUXILIARY = okcode okcodep year;





  ! Execute BEFA Analysis on ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE/BASE MODEL as a Latent Concept
  ! (BAYESIAN estimates with POSTERIOR CREDIBILITY INTERVALS)


  ANALYSIS:   TYPE = EFA 1 2;
              ESTIMATOR = BAYES;




  PLOT: TYPE IS PLOT2;



*** WARNING
  Data set contains cases with missing on all variables.
  These cases were not included in the analysis.
  Number of cases with missing on all variables:  26
   1 WARNING(S) FOUND IN THE INPUT INSTRUCTIONS



BEFA #1B: BASELINE F1 DIMENSION MODEL: ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (08/06/2025)

SUMMARY OF ANALYSIS

Number of groups                                                 1
Number of observations                                        2479

Number of dependent variables                                   16
Number of independent variables                                  0
Number of continuous latent variables                            0

Observed dependent variables

  Continuous
   GMISS       GQUALWG     GQUALCO     GCOMP       BPTWI       BPTWIN
   GSATSUPM    GSATABOM    EFFLEAD     GSAACQ      GSAFM       GSAHC
   GSAIT       PCTTURN     SEC2        SEC3

Observed auxiliary variables
   OKCODE      OKCODEP     YEAR


Estimator                                                    BAYES
Rotation                                                    GEOMIN
Row standardization                                    CORRELATION
Type of rotation                                           OBLIQUE
Epsilon value                                               Varies
Specifications for Bayesian Estimation
  Point estimate                                            MEDIAN
  Number of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) chains               2
  Random seed for the first chain                                0
  Starting value information                           UNPERTURBED
  Algorithm used for Markov chain Monte Carlo           GIBBS(PX1)
  Convergence criterion                                  0.500D-01
  Maximum number of iterations                               50000
  K-th iteration used for thinning                               1

Input data file(s)
  C:\Users\gk57526\Dropbox\AP_Mplus\Mplus Data\kl_mplus_data_080625.dat
Input data format  FREE


SUMMARY OF DATA



COVARIANCE COVERAGE OF DATA

Minimum covariance coverage value   0.100

     Number of missing data patterns            57


     PROPORTION OF DATA PRESENT


           Covariance Coverage
              GMISS         GQUALWG       GQUALCO       GCOMP         BPTWI
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 GMISS          0.564
 GQUALWG        0.370         0.498
 GQUALCO        0.142         0.000         0.142
 GCOMP          0.000         0.043         0.000         0.043
 BPTWI          0.366         0.480         0.000         0.036         0.626
 BPTWIN         0.183         0.000         0.134         0.000         0.000
 GSATSUPM       0.078         0.054         0.019         0.000         0.055
 GSATABOM       0.078         0.054         0.019         0.000         0.055
 EFFLEAD        0.000         0.040         0.000         0.040         0.058
 GSAACQ         0.196         0.065         0.101         0.000         0.071
 GSAFM          0.196         0.065         0.100         0.000         0.071
 GSAHC          0.196         0.065         0.100         0.000         0.071
 GSAIT          0.196         0.065         0.101         0.000         0.071
 PCTTURN        0.528         0.492         0.108         0.041         0.620
 SEC2           0.000         0.069         0.000         0.025         0.069
 SEC3           0.000         0.069         0.000         0.025         0.069


           Covariance Coverage
              BPTWIN        GSATSUPM      GSATABOM      EFFLEAD       GSAACQ
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 BPTWIN         0.246
 GSATSUPM       0.021         0.078
 GSATABOM       0.021         0.078         0.078
 EFFLEAD        0.000         0.000         0.000         0.067
 GSAACQ         0.161         0.027         0.027         0.000         0.241
 GSAFM          0.161         0.027         0.027         0.000         0.241
 GSAHC          0.161         0.027         0.027         0.000         0.241
 GSAIT          0.161         0.027         0.027         0.000         0.241
 PCTTURN        0.196         0.078         0.078         0.065         0.207
 SEC2           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.033         0.000
 SEC3           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.033         0.000


           Covariance Coverage
              GSAFM         GSAHC         GSAIT         PCTTURN       SEC2
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
 GSAFM          0.241
 GSAHC          0.241         0.241
 GSAIT          0.241         0.241         0.241
 PCTTURN        0.207         0.207         0.207         0.941
 SEC2           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.092         0.094
 SEC3           0.000         0.000         0.000         0.092         0.094


           Covariance Coverage
              SEC3
              ________
 SEC3           0.094



UNIVARIATE SAMPLE STATISTICS


     UNIVARIATE HIGHER-ORDER MOMENT DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

         Variable/         Mean/     Skewness/   Minimum/ % with                Percentiles
        Sample Size      Variance    Kurtosis    Maximum  Min/Max      20%/60%    40%/80%    Median

     GMISS                 3.979      -0.394       2.865    0.07%       3.789      3.935      3.999
            1398.000       0.060       0.669       4.661    0.07%       4.048      4.179
     GQUALWG               4.244      -0.081       3.809    0.08%       4.150      4.212      4.246
            1235.000       0.018       0.325       4.671    0.08%       4.275      4.351
     GQUALCO               4.333      -1.029       3.540    0.28%       4.228      4.303      4.345
             351.000       0.025       3.422       4.701    0.28%       4.389      4.448
     GCOMP                 3.654      -0.437       2.941    0.93%       3.468      3.628      3.669
             107.000       0.053       1.045       4.229    0.93%       3.709      3.814
     BPTWI                63.186      -0.489      24.800    0.06%      57.100     61.900     63.600
            1553.000      80.990       1.126      87.400    0.06%      65.400     69.700
     BPTWIN               70.046      -0.623      35.500    0.16%      63.600     69.100     70.650
             610.000      71.351       1.113      90.100    0.16%      72.200     76.800
     GSATSUPM              3.879       0.001       3.271    0.52%       3.715      3.827      3.888
             194.000       0.038       0.439       4.386    0.52%       3.917      4.025
     GSATABOM              3.449       0.148       2.726    0.52%       3.244      3.386      3.445
             194.000       0.063       0.062       4.112    0.52%       3.488      3.668
     EFFLEAD              52.955      -0.656      36.900    0.60%      48.898     52.100     53.812
             167.000      26.302       0.380      64.406    0.60%      55.190     56.900
     GSAACQ                4.739      -0.315       2.894    0.17%       4.382      4.652      4.735
             598.000       0.226       0.396       5.857    0.17%       4.845      5.118
     GSAFM                 5.083      -0.216       3.667    0.17%       4.789      5.000      5.096
             597.000       0.141       0.731       6.259    0.17%       5.185      5.390
     GSAHC                 4.579      -0.342       2.100    0.17%       4.114      4.467      4.608
             597.000       0.293       0.324       5.868    0.17%       4.734      5.047
     GSAIT                 5.255      -0.901       3.444    0.17%       4.934      5.245      5.337
             598.000       0.196       0.907       6.116    0.17%       5.405      5.615
     PCTTURN               0.071       5.563       0.000    0.90%       0.053      0.063      0.067
            2332.000       0.001      87.340       0.667    0.04%       0.072      0.084
     SEC2                  0.789      -1.283       0.000    0.86%       0.667      0.768      0.831
             232.000       0.033       2.437       1.001    0.86%       0.875      0.950
     SEC3                  0.837      -0.932       0.333    0.43%       0.715      0.834      0.858
             232.000       0.023       0.291       1.001   10.34%       0.900      1.000



SUMMARY OF BAYES FACTOR TESTING FOR EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS

   Number of      Posterior
    Factors     Probabilities

       1            0.0000
       2            1.0000



RESULTS FOR EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS


           EIGENVALUES FOR SAMPLE CORRELATION MATRIX
                  1             2             3             4             5
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                4.978         2.269         1.648         1.492         1.291


           EIGENVALUES FOR SAMPLE CORRELATION MATRIX
                  6             7             8             9            10
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.906         0.787         0.639         0.587         0.452


           EIGENVALUES FOR SAMPLE CORRELATION MATRIX
                 11            12            13            14            15
              ________      ________      ________      ________      ________
                0.398         0.297         0.224         0.123         0.071


           EIGENVALUES FOR SAMPLE CORRELATION MATRIX
                 16
              ________
               -0.161


EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS WITH 1 FACTOR(S):


Number of Free Parameters                              48

Bayesian Posterior Predictive Checking using Chi-Square

          95% Confidence Interval for the Difference Between
          the Observed and the Replicated Chi-Square Values

                         761.047           883.868

          Posterior Predictive P-Value       0.000

Information Criteria

          Deviance (DIC)                            4216.428
          Estimated number of parameters (pD)         45.545
          Bayesian (BIC)                            4500.271



           GEOMIN ROTATED LOADINGS (* significant at 5% level)
                   1
              __________
 GMISS           0.890*
 GQUALWG         0.801*
 GQUALCO         0.771*
 GCOMP           0.990*
 BPTWI           0.917*
 BPTWIN          0.850*
 GSATSUPM        0.918*
 GSATABOM        0.939*
 EFFLEAD         0.767*
 GSAACQ          0.492*
 GSAFM           0.552*
 GSAHC           0.607*
 GSAIT           0.488*
 PCTTURN        -0.092*
 SEC2            0.204
 SEC3            0.195


           GEOMIN FACTOR CORRELATIONS (* significant at 5% level)
                   1
              __________
      1          1.000


           ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GMISS             GQUALWG           GQUALCO           GCOMP
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.209             0.359             0.406             0.021


           ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               BPTWI             BPTWIN            GSATSUPM          GSATABOM
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.159             0.278             0.158             0.118


           ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               EFFLEAD           GSAACQ            GSAFM             GSAHC
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.412             0.757             0.695             0.632


           ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GSAIT             PCTTURN           SEC2              SEC3
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.762             0.992             0.958             0.962


           S.E. GEOMIN ROTATED LOADINGS
                   1
              __________
 GMISS           0.008
 GQUALWG         0.012
 GQUALCO         0.027
 GCOMP           0.010
 BPTWI           0.007
 BPTWIN          0.017
 GSATSUPM        0.016
 GSATABOM        0.014
 EFFLEAD         0.044
 GSAACQ          0.039
 GSAFM           0.034
 GSAHC           0.029
 GSAIT           0.036
 PCTTURN         0.023
 SEC2            0.108
 SEC3            0.107


           S.E. GEOMIN FACTOR CORRELATIONS
                   1
              __________
      1          0.000


           S.E. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GMISS             GQUALWG           GQUALCO           GCOMP
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.015             0.019             0.041             0.020


           S.E. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               BPTWI             BPTWIN            GSATSUPM          GSATABOM
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.013             0.029             0.030             0.026


           S.E. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               EFFLEAD           GSAACQ            GSAFM             GSAHC
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.067             0.038             0.037             0.035


           S.E. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GSAIT             PCTTURN           SEC2              SEC3
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.035             0.004             0.044             0.040


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR GEOMIN ROTATED LOADINGS
                   1
            ______________
 GMISS       0.871  0.905
 GQUALWG     0.777  0.823
 GQUALCO     0.712  0.819
 GCOMP       0.959  0.996
 BPTWI       0.902  0.930
 BPTWIN      0.817  0.882
 GSATSUPM    0.880  0.943
 GSATABOM    0.907  0.961
 EFFLEAD     0.672  0.841
 GSAACQ      0.406  0.563
 GSAFM       0.477  0.612
 GSAHC       0.546  0.661
 GSAIT       0.413  0.554
 PCTTURN    -0.135 -0.045
 SEC2       -0.029  0.394
 SEC3       -0.041  0.378


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR GEOMIN FACTOR CORRELATIONS
                   1
            ______________
        1    1.000  1.000


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GMISS             GQUALWG           GQUALCO           GCOMP
            ______________    ______________    ______________    ______________
             0.181  0.241      0.322  0.397      0.330  0.493      0.007  0.081


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               BPTWI             BPTWIN            GSATSUPM          GSATABOM
            ______________    ______________    ______________    ______________
             0.135  0.187      0.221  0.333      0.111  0.226      0.076  0.177


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               EFFLEAD           GSAACQ            GSAFM             GSAHC
            ______________    ______________    ______________    ______________
             0.293  0.548      0.683  0.835      0.626  0.773      0.563  0.701


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GSAIT             PCTTURN           SEC2              SEC3
            ______________    ______________    ______________    ______________
             0.694  0.830      0.982  0.998      0.845  1.000      0.857  1.000


EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS WITH 2 FACTOR(S):


Number of Free Parameters                              63

Bayesian Posterior Predictive Checking using Chi-Square

          95% Confidence Interval for the Difference Between
          the Observed and the Replicated Chi-Square Values

                         143.031           244.078

          Posterior Predictive P-Value       0.000

Information Criteria

          Deviance (DIC)                            3547.972
          Estimated number of parameters (pD)         61.935
          Bayesian (BIC)                            3917.550
          Bayes factor for the model with 2 factor(s) against the model with 1 factor(s):
                                                    >1000000
          Log of Bayes factor for the model with 2 factor(s) against the model with 1 factor(s):
                                                    291.3605



           GEOMIN ROTATED LOADINGS (* significant at 5% level)
                   1                 2
              __________        __________
 GMISS           0.770*            0.207*
 GQUALWG         0.628*            0.312*
 GQUALCO         0.892*           -0.186*
 GCOMP           0.845*            0.196*
 BPTWI           0.937*            0.060
 BPTWIN          0.965*           -0.015
 GSATSUPM        0.386*            0.722*
 GSATABOM        0.410*            0.742*
 EFFLEAD         0.852*           -0.040
 GSAACQ          0.002             0.775*
 GSAFM           0.119*            0.731*
 GSAHC           0.214*            0.643*
 GSAIT           0.344*            0.282*
 PCTTURN        -0.260*            0.336*
 SEC2           -0.145             0.732*
 SEC3           -0.266*            0.928*


           GEOMIN FACTOR CORRELATIONS (* significant at 5% level)
                   1                 2
              __________        __________
      1          1.000
      2          0.381*            1.000


           ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GMISS             GQUALWG           GQUALCO           GCOMP
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.240             0.353             0.285             0.113


           ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               BPTWI             BPTWIN            GSATSUPM          GSATABOM
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.077             0.087             0.114             0.046


           ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               EFFLEAD           GSAACQ            GSAFM             GSAHC
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.299             0.391             0.380             0.429


           ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GSAIT             PCTTURN           SEC2              SEC3
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.723             0.885             0.518             0.247


           S.E. GEOMIN ROTATED LOADINGS
                   1                 2
              __________        __________
 GMISS           0.039             0.062
 GQUALWG         0.050             0.063
 GQUALCO         0.034             0.086
 GCOMP           0.056             0.083
 BPTWI           0.027             0.060
 BPTWIN          0.020             0.065
 GSATSUPM        0.105             0.072
 GSATABOM        0.103             0.070
 EFFLEAD         0.041             0.062
 GSAACQ          0.087             0.043
 GSAFM           0.093             0.051
 GSAHC           0.085             0.056
 GSAIT           0.057             0.058
 PCTTURN         0.048             0.053
 SEC2            0.102             0.065
 SEC3            0.116             0.069


           S.E. GEOMIN FACTOR CORRELATIONS
                   1                 2
              __________        __________
      1          0.000
      2          0.065             0.000


           S.E. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GMISS             GQUALWG           GQUALCO           GCOMP
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.015             0.021             0.038             0.039


           S.E. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               BPTWI             BPTWIN            GSATSUPM          GSATABOM
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.018             0.024             0.018             0.016


           S.E. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               EFFLEAD           GSAACQ            GSAFM             GSAHC
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.057             0.036             0.034             0.036


           S.E. ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GSAIT             PCTTURN           SEC2              SEC3
              __________        __________        __________        __________
                 0.036             0.032             0.081             0.109


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR GEOMIN ROTATED LOADINGS
                   1                 2
            ______________    ______________
 GMISS       0.711  0.864      0.048  0.291
 GQUALWG     0.547  0.748      0.166  0.417
 GQUALCO     0.823  0.959     -0.375 -0.037
 GCOMP       0.729  0.939      0.036  0.360
 BPTWI       0.874  0.973     -0.040  0.180
 BPTWIN      0.934  1.011     -0.225  0.005
 GSATSUPM    0.248  0.676      0.520  0.812
 GSATABOM    0.276  0.692      0.554  0.831
 EFFLEAD     0.755  0.923     -0.199  0.029
 GSAACQ     -0.024  0.301      0.646  0.822
 GSAFM       0.018  0.396      0.592  0.798
 GSAHC       0.115  0.458      0.502  0.721
 GSAIT       0.247  0.477      0.153  0.384
 PCTTURN    -0.340 -0.149      0.227  0.438
 SEC2       -0.358  0.000      0.605  0.858
 SEC3       -0.472 -0.016      0.784  1.042


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR GEOMIN FACTOR CORRELATIONS
                   1                 2
            ______________    ______________
        1    1.000  1.000
        2    0.204  0.473      1.000  1.000


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GMISS             GQUALWG           GQUALCO           GCOMP
            ______________    ______________    ______________    ______________
             0.213  0.270      0.313  0.397      0.211  0.360      0.050  0.206


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               BPTWI             BPTWIN            GSATSUPM          GSATABOM
            ______________    ______________    ______________    ______________
             0.045  0.116      0.042  0.135      0.082  0.153      0.017  0.078


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               EFFLEAD           GSAACQ            GSAFM             GSAHC
            ______________    ______________    ______________    ______________
             0.210  0.436      0.324  0.466      0.316  0.452      0.361  0.503


           95% CREDIBILITY INTERVALS FOR ESTIMATED RESIDUAL VARIANCES
               GSAIT             PCTTURN           SEC2              SEC3
            ______________    ______________    ______________    ______________
             0.652  0.791      0.814  0.942      0.351  0.668      0.063  0.452


PLOT INFORMATION

The following plots are available:

  Eigenvalues for exploratory factor analysis

DIAGRAM INFORMATION

  Mplus diagrams are currently not available for EFA.
  No diagram output was produced.


     Beginning Time:  22:20:17
        Ending Time:  22:40:41
       Elapsed Time:  00:20:24



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